Anonymous
8/28/2025, 7:04:58 PM
No.64182126
>>64182041
Because by that time people didn't believe in such superstitious stuff, but were perfectly happy to adopt such names which impart a sense of nautical power
Even the Japs who are hardcore animists to this day did it. There are WW2 destroyers named the equivalent of Flood Tide, Storm Flood, Storm, Gale, and yes, there was an IJN Kamikaze
Because by that time people didn't believe in such superstitious stuff, but were perfectly happy to adopt such names which impart a sense of nautical power
Even the Japs who are hardcore animists to this day did it. There are WW2 destroyers named the equivalent of Flood Tide, Storm Flood, Storm, Gale, and yes, there was an IJN Kamikaze